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PE01660: Scottish Legal Complaints Commission review

Petitioner: Bill Tait

Status:

Lodged

Date Lodged:
09 May 2017

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the operation of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission with a view to making the process of legal complaints more transparent and independent.

21 September 2017:The Committee agreed to join petitions PE1660 and PE1661 together for future consideration on the basis that they raise similar issues. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Government, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, the Law Society of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates, Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal, Citizens Advice Scotland and the Judicial Complaints Reviewer. Link to the Official Report 21 September 2017